List_of_languages_of_Russia
List of languages of Russia
Languages used in the Russian Federation
This is a list of languages used in Russia. Russian is the only official language at the national level and there are other 35 official languages, which are used in different regions of Russia.[1]
- Russian (138,312,001 speakers)
Languages with 1,000,000 or more speakers
Languages with 100,000 or more speakers
- Armenian
- Avar (784,000)
- Azerbaijani (669,000)
- Mordovian languages (614,000)
- Kabardian (587,000)
- Dargwa (503,000)
- Ossetic (493,000)
- Udmurt (463,000)
- Yakut (450.000)
- Kumyk (458,000)
- Eastern Mari (451,000)
- Ingush (405,000)
- Lezgian (397,000)
- Belarusian (316,000)
- Karachay-Balkar (302,000)
- Georgian (286,000)
- Komi-Zyrian (217,000)
- Turkish (161,000)
- Kalmyk (153,000)
- Lak (153,000)
- Romanian (147,000)
- Adyghe (129,000)
- Tabassaran (128,000)
Languages with 10,000 or more speakers
- Komi-Permyak (94,000)
- Polish (94,000)
- Nogai (90,000)
- Karelian (52,000)
- Finnish (51,000)
- Lithuanian (49,000)
- Abaza (38,000)
- Western Mari (36,000)
- Latvian (34,000)
- Kurmanji (30,000)
- Yiddish (30,000)
- Rutul (29,000)
- Aghul (29,000)
- Estonian (26,000)
- Andi (23,000)
- Baltic Romany (20,000)
- Tsez (15,000)
- Bezhta (10,000)
- Vlax Romany (10,000)
- Livvi
Languages with 1,000 or more speakers
Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers
Languages with 100,000 or more speakers
Languages with 10,000 or more speakers
Languages with 1,000 or more speakers
Languages with fewer than 1,000 speakers
- Korean (60,000)
- Mandarin Chinese (59,000)
- Turkmen (38,000)
- Czech
- Domari
- Lomavren
- Pontic Greek
- Bohtan Neo-Aramaic
- Tat language
- Russian sign language
A total of 14 language families are native to Russia:[3]
- "What Languages Are Spoken in Russia?". WorldAtlas. 1 August 2017.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2019). "Glottolog". 4.1. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.